Name Games

In India
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Renaming of Lucknow airport
At a time like this, is of import.
Will Ajit Singh,with his trine
MPs, now fall in line
And promise the government support?

The Hindu, 18/07/08: NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the renaming of Lucknow airport as Chaudhury Charan Singh Airport by way of paying tributes to the former Prime Minister. Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram denied that the decision was to woo Charan Singh’s son and Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh in view of the trust vote in Parliament. The RLD has three Lok Sabha members, including Mr. Singh and the party is now not aligned with any of the three groupings — the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance or the Left front. Get the story here

In the US
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To keep alive George Bush's name,
(In keeping with his world-wide fame)
San Fransico votes,
Says recent reports,
For a sewage plant bearing his name!

Yahoo News 17/07/08: SAN FRANCISCO - A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot. Get the story here

The Great Indian Middle Class and global food prices

Prez George Bush, it has come to pass,
Has laid blame on our Middle Class.
It seems we have hurled,
The rest of the world,
Into crisis by not chewing grass!

ET 3/5/08: US President George Bush has joined his top diplomat in suggesting that the growing prosperity of India's large middle class is contributing to rising food prices around the world. Get the story here

As terror grows

A diplomat cried in dismay,
"Al-Qaeda is blazing away;
It's the war-hungry Bush,
And the weakness of Mush,
That helps them grow strong by the day!"


The Age 18/07/07: Bin Laden growing stronger, says US. Get the story here